News Releases and Advisories
Youth to Experience the Peel Firsthand
July 6, 2015WHITEHORSE, YUKON ¬- CPAWS Yukon is excited to announce the launch of its Youth Leadership canoe trip on the Wind River. The 400-kilometre journey will take five First Nation youth from Peel communities through some of the most pristine, remote wilderness in the world, learning to navigate whitewater, live in the wilds, and [Learn more]
Maude Barlow Travels to the Yukon to Share a Vision of a Blue Future
April 28, 2015 Maude Barlow Travels to the Yukon to Share a Vision of a Blue Future Whitehorse – Former UN Senior Advisor on Water, Maude Barlow, will travel to Whitehorse on Monday, May 4th to discuss important water issues with Yukoners. The activist, author, and policy critic will address fifty Yukoners in a morning [Learn more]
CPAWS Yukon appalled by leaked Yukon Government response to Fracking Committee report
Whitehorse – CPAWS Yukon is appalled by the leaked response of Yukon Government to the January 19, 2015 Final Report of the Select Committee on the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing. The committee’s final report makes a convincing case that fracking cannot be done safely and that the Yukon public is strongly opposed to [Learn more]
Wild and Scenic Film Festival Comes to Whitehorse
Media ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 26, 2015 Wild and Scenic Film Festival Comes to Whitehorse Whitehorse – One of the largest environmental- and outdoor-pursuit-themed film festivals in North America will be making its Yukon debut on March 5th at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. CPAWS Yukon has secured the rights to bring the Wild and Scenic [Learn more]
CPAWS Calls for Fracking Moratorium Based on Select Committee Report
January 19th, 2015 CPAWS Calls for Fracking Moratorium Based on Select Committee Report Whitehorse – CPAWS Yukon congratulates the Select Committee on the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing on their report and extensive recommendations, but is disappointed in the committee’s inability to explicitly call for a moratorium on fracking. The committee’s final report makes [Learn more]
The Fight Continues for the Peel Watershed
Media ReleaseDecember 31, 2014 The Fight Continues for the Peel Watershed The Yukon Government announced late yesterday that they would appeal Justice Veale’s decision in The First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun et. al. v The Government of Yukon, the lawsuit concerning the Peel Watershed launched by the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, Tr’ondëk [Learn more]
Caribou under growing threat: CPAWS’ annual report
NEWS RELEASE December 16, 2014 Caribou under growing threat: CPAWS’ annual report Whitehorse — In its second annual review of governments’ efforts to conserve Canada’s boreal caribou, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) finds that threats from industrial development to boreal woodland caribou have continued to increase while conservation and restoration efforts have shown [Learn more]
WE WON!!!!
Justice Veale has just announced his decision on the Peel Watershed Court Case and we’re thrilled to announce that we won with all our remedies sought! You can find Justice Veale’s summary of the decision here and the full document here. The plaintiffs will be issuing a press release shortly.
A Victory for the Peel Watershed
Media Release- December 2, 2014 A Victory for the Peel Watershed Earlier today Mr. Justice Ron Veale of the Supreme Court of Yukon announced his decision in The First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun et. al. v The Government of Yukon, the lawsuit concerning the Peel Watershed launched by the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, [Learn more]
Additional day in the courtroom for the Peel, Oct 24
You may have been wondering, what’s happening with the Peel? Has the trial happened yet? Is there a decision yet? The trial for the Peel was held from July 7 – 10 this past summer inside the Yukon Supreme Court here in Whitehorse. For videos, photos, podcasts, and daily blogs about each day of the [Learn more]